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8 May Victory in Europe Day

This day celebrates the formal acceptance, by the World War II Allies,  of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces in, 1945.

2020 marks the 75th year since this historic agreement was reached, ending years of battle of an unprecedented  scale. However, it was a further three months before fighting ceased in Japan.

There are many fewer people these days with personal memories of the conflict and the final resolution. These special days help us remember the sacrifices made by so many on behalf of the countries for which they fought. Hopefully we learn from the problems of the past and use it to guide us to a peaceful future.

Today VE Day 2020 – 75 Years

Today, of course, we have a different solider, the care worker, battling a different kind of enemy. So please make your celebrations of VE day known, but do so safely #StayHomeSaveLives. In memory of all those who, fought and died 3SL salutes you.

Celebration Timetable (UK)

There are many ways to celebrate  and a number of websites with details.

Whether you intend to mark respect with silence. Hold a tea party at home in place of the street party that should have been, or clear your throat to sing “We’ll meet again”. Here is the UK timetable.

An Earth Day Like No Other

It’s 50 years since the launch of Earth Day, and now nearly 200 countries coordinate a celebration of our fabulous home, with an important message that we need to look after it.

We may be the current custodians of this planet, but we share it with many. To them and ourselves, we have a duty of care. This year more than ever has demonstrated our own fragility. It’s demonstrated how we’re maybe not as invincible as we like to believe. Nature can be a strange beast. Whilst we may not be able to control nature, we can do our bit to care for what we have and ensure we don’t damage it.

As designers,  manufacturers and producers we need to consider how and whether what we engineer is beneficial and as non damaging to the environment as possible.

Whether you decide to; pick up that bit of litter on your exercise walk; choose a lower carbon or no meat meal; print double sided paper; leave the light off and the curtains open longer we can all make a difference. If the project you are working on uses resources, make sure you build environment requirements into your design. Make sure they assess and where possible lower the impact of the solution you choose.

A Tutor’s New Best Friend

Whilst during lock-down,  it is not the most opportune time to be thinking about face to face training, we were interested to spot this little training aid. It should make classrooms and training seminars a lot easier for the tutor and teacher.

About-Face

When a teacher or tutor approaches a student, they are often faced with their keyboard and screen upside down. This makes it very difficult to type and aid the student. However, with the release of the new open-source font Lip-Flaoor, the tutor is  able to use the keyboard as if it is the right way round and the right characters will appear to the student. It is available from most good font factories.

Review

• ✅The font face looks very like Arial on the screen, so if perfectly readable.
• ✅The student does not have to type any differently as they do not hold the <ctrl> key, so their experience is no different.
• ✅If the tutor can type well, the dual mapping works wonderfully, they say it is like using any standard QWERY layout the right way up.
• ❌The tutor, if not a competent typist may struggle as their fingers may not hit the “right” keys
• ❌The need to hold the <ctrl> key while typing to enable the switch can be a bit awkward.

National Pencil Day March 30th

The humble mark of a human. We’ve moved a long way from chipping runes in stones, scratching Roman wax tablets, one significant find was that of a special form of carbon. Borrowdale is well known for its beautiful scenery and scrummy tea bread especially served with cheese. However, in around 1565 a ‘lead like’ substance was discovered that could be used to make a clean defined mark. This was ultimately the birth of the pencil, and an industry in Keswick. If you visit there really is a museum for all things pencil.

Pencil day seeks to reconnect us with the humble pencil. The tool used by artists, designers and writers for hundreds of years. Why not take a picture of the chewed, blunt, or exquisite drawing tools and post them (#PencilDay).

Whilst we would definitely advocate Cradle as a preferred design tool, allowing cross references and traceability, not something you get on paper^**. The humble sketch is still a goto design tool. And we should remember that.

Take a 5 minute coffee break; Sketch what your product does or your company makes, with a pencil and paper and then post it! (#PencilDay).

We found some handy suggestions of other ways to celebrate here at pens.com.  Go on, celebrate pencil day and sketch away!

Requirements Management 20th – 21st May 2020

3SL are pleased to announce the dates for this year’s first training course – Requirements Management May 2020

“A great opportunity for small teams, or a couple of new team members to get started with RM and Cradle”

Businesses that are introducing Cradle and full Requirements Management processes into their operations, can book training for all aspects of the roll-out, from the basics through to specialist administration courses – See here.  These courses are tailored and held at your premises and are ideal for getting a team up and running.

Public Requirements Management Training Course May 2020

If, however, you have one or two people new to a project or only have a very small team, this may not be a viable solution. With 3SL’s public online courses, you’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. This can be a cost effective solution to get you up to speed with Cradle and Requirements Management.

Details:

If you would like to be kept in touch with the details for this Training Course – Requirements Management May 2020, please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Other Dates and Courses:

For details of other courses on offer this year please see our training calendar.

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